Chapter 159 - Play all the cards (2/2)

”Along the way... I did not expect him to throw the name of Eva in his client list. And not only as a client who pays with money... but payment through something else. And...”

Andy closed his eyes and took a deep breath. ”You can continue.”

”He told me... she was not even a virgin when he had her. You... didn't sleep with her yet right?”

”No.”

”Okay.” Lena handed Andy a memory disk. ”These contain the interactions between Mike and Eva. I was not particularly interested in her but more about him. But I organized the data that I have on both of them.”

Andy took the disk from her. ”Why are you so interested in Mike?”

Lena lied a bit on that part. She was more interested in Eva but put the blame on Mike. She did not want Andy to know she purposely targetted Eva all along.

”My relationship with Ming Zhao.”

”What is your relationship with him?' Andy was curious now. Could he be the man that Lena was seeing? It could possibly be Ming. Andy had seen them together at several events before. They were close and happy together.

”I can't tell you that.” Lena smiled. ”There is something else that needs to be considered and I know you would know more about it than me.”

”What is it?” Andy asked.

”Your mom. No matter how much I try to think about why she accepted Eva so easily, I can't find any good answers. Madam Yang had always been very strict on you and me... but with Eva... it was like she needed Eva desperately. And she turned into a nice mother-in-law overnight.

And don't you dare tell me you haven't noticed it as awkward. Even Hazel got the goosebumps. Your eyes are opened now, Andy. Tell me, what is it that makes both of them so close to each other?”

Andy paused to think. He knew that Eva and his mom had been very close. He had shrugged it off as his mother finally giving in to his demands about marrying Eva and she just went on with it. But as Lena said, his eyes were opened now.

”A baby.” Andy answered.

”A what?”

”Lena, whatever we speak here is just strictly between us. I can trust you, correct?”

”Andy, if I did not trust you, I would not tell you about what I discovered too.” She went and held his hand. ”You're not my man anymore, but you are still my older brother, remember?”

”My mother needs a baby.”

”Why?”

”No ones knows yet, but my dad has been very sick lately. The Yang business has always been run by the family. If my father passes away, the next heir is not my mother nor me. An heir is only chosen if that heir already has a replacement for him. That means a kid. I don't have a kid and a woman cannot be the next heir. That means my uncle can take the position.”

Lena rolled her eyes in her mind. What was with this stupid heir stuff and tradition? The Zhaos... then now the Yangs... Lena does not want to think about what stupid thing the Li family has. They already have a stupid curse, what other nonsense do they need?

”Eva is the woman I love... was. If she can get pregnant, it counts. Even though it does not guarantee it until the baby is born, I will still hold the position until then. Even then, knowing my mother... I can marry a different woman while Eva still has my baby.”

Andy's father is the current heir, but his position can only be passed down to his son if Andy has someone after him. This was not to secure the heir position... but to also continue the family line of the Yang family. Having a child means that the heir is not impotent.

”Is your family through kinship or the father's side only?”

”What do you mean?”

”Like... what if I married you, had a kid but you died. I remarried someone else had a kid with my new husband... would my second kid still be able to be a backup heir to the Yang family fortune?”

”Of course. When a woman married into the Yang family, they take our family name. That is the situation with my uncle now... you remember him, Uncle Sam.”

”So even if there is no kid, but lots of brothers, the position can still be secured between the brothers?”

”Yes, but I am the only child.”

Andy's father was Drew Yang. Drew had a brother, Daniel. Daniel married a wife but he died later on. The wife remarried and gave birth to Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam changed his last name to Yang after the Yang elders allowed to accept him into the family lineage through his mother. He has a chance to be an heir because he has three sons.

However, if the backup of the Yang heir has a son or brother, that person would secure the position first. This means that... with Gary alive, Andy does not need a baby... he just needed a brother.